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Offline Grancoupe

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Re: 440 not running right
« Reply #15 on: February 09, 2009 - 11:26:52 PM »
you're gonna need to come up with some more details regarding when it happened. Was it after sitting for a while. After running it hard? Did you change anything and then it started? This might prevent tearing into a motor when not needed.  Also is anything seem like its spitting out the intake or the exhaust? Popping maybe? Have headers on the motor. If you can get to a heat gun you can take a reading on each tube and see if one is cool. That one is missing. Or you have ten fingers. Do like i did once at the track. Burned eight fingers touching the runners cause I lost a plug and needed to figure out which one it was. LOL




Offline barryv

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Re: 440 not running right
« Reply #16 on: February 10, 2009 - 07:36:49 AM »
all header tubes are hot,fingers hurt .occasional pop from exhaust.car is started weekly .nothing was changed when prblem started im going to check for vac leak this weekend,thanks

Offline 71chally416

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Re: 440 not running right
« Reply #17 on: February 10, 2009 - 10:09:58 AM »
A random misfire might be something stupid, like condensation inside the distributor cap or wires crossed over each other arcing.
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Offline Grancoupe

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Re: 440 not running right
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2009 - 08:44:57 PM »
how often do yougo through a tank of fuel? Might be bad gas that is not firing on all cylinders

Offline barryv

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Re: 440 not running right
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2009 - 08:39:12 PM »
car doesnt drive,no tranny. ive tried running it through gas can but still runs crappy